By: John

John — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:56:01 +0000

I regularly get these types of calls, two or three times a day, particularly between 5pm – 7pm.
It’s usually during a favourite tv show like simpsons or doctor who.
on Sunday i was rehearsing with my bass player, at about 6.45 the phone rings and i say hello… silence… then hello again… silence….
then a voice cuts in.. it’s a Pakistani male…
“Hello sir, may i speak to the occupier of this property”.
I slammed the phone down.
A minute late the phone rang again. I answered.
“Why you hang up on me mister.”
“Cos I don’t want to talk you. Stop wasting my time you F***ING TWAT!” – slam down the phone.
Call back instantly.
“Same to you mister” – I was disgraced!
“Who the fuck do you think you are speaking to you f***ing wanker!” i yelled. “F**K OFFFF!!!”.
– As far as I am concerned I had the right to handle the call that way.

David says:
A bit harsh but I feel your pain brother. All bets are of when the other party abuses ones honesty and courtesy.
Good luck with the music.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:15:12 +0000

It is also UNLAWFULL of BT to advertise the TPS as something that they provide. They were previously advertising “BT PRIVACY”: Get a phone with us and we’ll block unsolicited marketing calls.
On a side note: What would happen with your phone is registered with TPS and YET SO you get a call? Is there any formal procedure to shaft the callers?

David says:
Yeah, I saw the BT privacy thing. A bit cheeky of them but they don’t say TPS is theirs. They just say use “BT privacy”.
Read the article again, it says how to complain to the ICO.

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